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# Marcy S. Friedman

New York County Supreme Court · Acting Justice

## Profile

- Court: New York County Supreme Court
- State: New York
- Role: Acting Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, New York County, New York, NY, 2000-present
- She was re-elected to this position in 2004 and served as an acting justice of the Supreme Court from 2000 to 2020
- Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2004-2013
- Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 1994-2003
- In 1994, she was elected judge of this Civil Court
- Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York, NY, 1991-1994
- Appointed judge of the Housing Court of the New York City Civil Court in 1991

### Education

- cum laude — University of Pennsylvania — 1977
- University of Oxford — M.A. (1974)
- magna cum laude — Smith College — 1972
- Smith College in — B.A. (1972)

### Additional information

- Appointed to this position in 2000 and retired from the court on December 31, 2020..
- Managing Attorney, MFY Legal Services, ?-present
- Practitioner, The Legal Aid Society, ?-present
- Practitioner, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, ?-present

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### recording and photography

Scope: statewide

New York statewide rules require permission before photographing, filming, videotaping, audiotaping, broadcasting, or telecasting in court facilities, including courtrooms.

Evidence excerpt: Taking photographs, films or videotapes, or audiotaping, broadcasting or telecasting, in a courthouse including any courtroom, office or hallway thereof, at any time or on any occasion, whether or not the court is in session, is forbidden, unless permission of the Chief Administrator of the Courts or a designee of the Chief Administrator is first obtained

[Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### evidence presentation control

Scope: statewide

The official Guide to New York Evidence identifies court control over presentation of evidence as a statewide evidence topic; counsel should expect the assigned judge to control the mode and order of proof.

Evidence excerpt: 1.07. COURT CONTROL OVER PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE

[Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14736/marcy-s-friedman/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14736/marcy-s-friedman/)
- [New York Supreme Court, New York County current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14736/marcy-s-friedman/)
- [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true)
- [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14736/marcy-s-friedman/)
- [Marcy Friedman - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Marcy_Friedman)

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